Arma ventralis, (Oplomus)

Roell, Talita, Lemaître, Valérie A., Webb, Michael D. & Campos, Luiz A., 2023, An annotated and illustrated Type Catalogue of the predacious Shieldbugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Asopinae) in the Collection of the Natural History Museum, London, Zootaxa 5232 (1), pp. 1-105 : 91

ventralis (Oplomus) Dallas 1851: 86. [ Fig. 227 ]

Original data: “ ♀ ”; “a. –––––. From Mr. Children’s Collection. ” [syntype (s)]

LECTOTYPE ♀ (designated by Distant 1880: 31): purple-margined lectotype disc; “40 3 30 821.”; “21. OPLOMUS VENTRALIS ,”; “a”; “NHMUK 010592404”. Second to fifth right and left antennomeres, and right anterior and posterior legs missing ( Fig. 227 ).

Current status: Oplomus pulcher Dallas, 1851 (synonymised by Thomas 1992: 62).

Note: Distant (1880: 31) stated: “The locality of the type was unknown.” [emphasis ours]. We accept Distant’s mention of “the type” as a valid lectotype designation before 2000 ( ICZN 1999: Art. 74.5); his marking the specimen by a red-margined “Type” disc as he arranged the 63 Pentatomidae drawers in 1899–1900 ( Hampson 1906: 627) confirms which specimen was meant. Although, we did not find the red-margined “type” disc on the specimen, we know that Thomas (1992: 62) did.

Figures

FIGURES 225–232. Type specimens deposited in NHMUK. 225, Gilva varipes; 226, Arma ventralis; 227, Oplomus ventralis; 228, Jalloides versicolor; 229, Oplomus violaceus; 230–231, Oechalia virescens; 232, Oechalia virgula. Scale bars: 4 mm.